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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-31 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York

Mike Kuchar

Biography:

Mike Kuchar, cinematographer, painter and writer and brother of George Kuchar, was born in New York City. He began making 8mm movies in the 1950's, switching over to 16mm film production in 1960, and continues now, producing short motion pictures in the video and digital formats. Mike and George Kuchar were the co-recipients of the "Vanguard Director Award" at the 11th CineVegas Film Festival, 2009, and the 2009 "Frameline Award" at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.

"Film purists," says Mike, "tend to snub the digital medium — but as far as I'm concerned, if it allows the image to move and make noise, I'll gladly use it... and the format fits perfectly into my budgets too!"

Mike Kuchar is a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow for his work in film and video.

Known For

Acting

2023

2017

Oh Hi Anne as Himself

2010

2009

2007

2006

2005

BIRD IN THE SKY as Grandfather

2004

2000

Divine Trash as Self

1998

1995

1994

1992

Award as Himself

1989

1988

1987

1986

1983

1978

Cinématon as N°1085

1977

1976

1975

1974

1972

1971

1969

1968

1967

The Unclean as Himself

1966

Galaxie as Self
The Secret of Wendel Samson as Wendel Samson (voice)

1965

1964

1963

1962

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Directing

2024

Kuchar-esque as Director

2019

Celestial Horizons as Director
Pathways as Director
Sunkissed as Director
Inward Bound as Director
Him in the Night as Director

2017

Soul Catcher as Director
SoulSurfers as Director
Meat with Bones as Director
NightScape as Director
Broken Gods as Director
Moon Lit Vows as Director
Keeper of Secrets as Director

2016

Abstracted as Director

2015

A Rented Space as Director
Age of Anxiety as Director
Boy in the Mirror as Director
Angels We as Director
The Breeze and Him as Director

2014

Blue Vibrations as Director
Chasing Shadows as Director
Lost Blues as Director
Chromatic Effusion as Director
Adam’s Apple as Director
Dreamsville as Director
Summer Sins as Director
Soul Searchers as Director
Rat Nest as Director

2013

SoulMates as Director
Ascension as Director
The Dragon’s Son as Director
Fallen Angels as Director
Devil’s Den as Director
Happy Birthday! as Director
Happy Birthday! as Director

2012

Tickled Pink as Director
Disordered as Director
Meltdown as Director

2011

Free Form Frolic as Director
The Stone Boy as Director
Splatter Movie as Director

2010

Echo’s Garden as Director
Opal Essence as Director
Medusa’s Gaze as Director

2009

Dumped! as Director
Swan Song as Director
The Tiger as Director
Bedeviled as Director
Ephemeral Seizure as Director
Idyll as Director
Animal as Director

2008

The Vernal Zone as Director
The Faery Garden as Director
A Dream of Roses as Director
Witchery as Director
Peek-A-Boo as Director

2007

Incantation as Director
Vortex as Director
State of Mind as Director
Paradise Gone as Director
Scarlet Petals as Director

2006

Sweet Dreams as Director
Celestial Murmurs as Director
A Poem for Summer as Director
Haunted as Director
Zoology as Director
Midnight Mass as Director

2004

Day Dreaming as Director
Romance as Director

2003

Inspiration as Director

2002

Shepherd’s Poem as Director
Wind in My Sails as Director

2000

Boy Toys as Director
Tryst as Director

1997

Purgatory Junction as Director
Candy Coated Evil as Director
A Widow's Web as Director

1996

Statue in the Park as Director

1994

Blue Banshee as Director

1984

Seascape as Director

1975

Bloodsucker as Director
Fur of the Field as Director

1972

Didgeridoo as Director
Faraway Places as Director

1970

Abode of the Snows as Director
Tales of the Bronx as Director

1969

Chronicles as Director

1968

Variations as Director

1967

The Craven Sluck as Director
Fragments as Director

1966

Green Desire as Director

1965

1964

Born of the Wind as Director

1963

Tootsies in Autumn as Director

1962

Night of the Bomb as Director

1960

1958

The Slasher as Director

1957

1956

A Tub Named Desire as Director

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Tone Poem as Director

Writing

2024

Kuchar-esque as Writer

2009

Dumped! as Writer
Swan Song as Writer

1967

Crew

1995

The Second Coming as Cinematography

1990

Life Is Like a Cucumber as Cinematography
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye as Cinematography

1975

The Devil's Cleavage as Cinematography

1965

Sins of the Fleshapoids as Cinematography

Camera

1990

Positive as Director of Photography
Silence = Death as Director of Photography

Production

1965

Editing